"Secretary?"
Mu Jinyu heard this, raised his eyebrows, looked Gu Xiyan up and down, and shook his head, "If you were my secretary, you'd be completely unqualified. I'd fire you on the spot."
"You dare?!"
Gu Xiyan, with a slightly flushed face, glared at Mu Jinyu before running off to the production area to find someone.
The pharmaceutical factory wasn't an abandoned factory, and with Jinyu Company operating quite well, naturally, there were quite a few employees around.
Gu Xiyan went to contact the manager of the pharmaceutical factory and asked him to get a few employees, and with orders from the big boss, the manager immediately found her five or six people.
"General Gu, everyone is here now."
The manager greeted Gu Xiyan and then motioned for the few people he had called to step forward and show themselves to Gu Xiyan.
Gu Xiyan examined them; they all looked simple and honest. When they caught her gaze, they would scratch their heads embarrassedly.
Nodding slightly, Gu Xiyan said, "Alright, come over here."
"Hurry, follow General Gu, and whatever the big boss asks you to do later, just do it and don't mess things up."
The manager advised them and followed along, asking Gu Xiyan, "Uh, General Gu, what is the big boss here at our factory for?"
He felt a bit nervous since he didn't know what kind of temperament the new big boss had or what he wanted to do at the pharmaceutical factory.
Gu Xiyan spoke blandly, "You'll find out in due time."
While she said this, she thought, asking me? Who do I ask? I still don't know what Mu Jinyu is up to, buying a thousand kilos of jade. What array is he setting up? Crazy!
Taking the group to the front of Warehouse Two, Gu Xiyan nudged her chin towards the manager beside her and said, "There, that's your big boss."
"Thank you for the heads up, General Gu."
The manager thanked Gu Xiyan, then turned to give the few men a look and said, "Come with me."
The men complied, then followed the manager towards Mu Jinyu.
Approaching him, the manager respectfully said, "Young Master Mu, I've brought the people for you. Any other orders?"
"No, you can go back."
Mu Jinyu heard this and looked back at everyone, noticing that the manager had chosen some muscular men, very capable of physical work. He nodded in satisfaction and said so.
The manager gave a wry smile and muttered, "Then, Young Master Mu, I'll take my leave."
"Hmm," Mu Jinyu nodded, and then as if remembering something, said, "Double these men's salaries, and give them an extra three thousand as a bonus today."
Hearing Mu Jinyu's words, the previously bewildered employees suddenly lit up with excitement and their faces flushed with eagerness.
The manager halted, his eyes showing gratitude towards Mu Jinyu, and said, "Yes, I understand."
After speaking, he glared at the men, reminding them, "Aren't you going to thank Young Master Mu?"
"Thank you, Young Master Mu."
"Thank you, Young Master Mu!"
"..."
The people hurriedly called out their thanks.
Mu Jinyu waved his hand and said dismissively, "No need to thank me. Just work hard, and the company won't let you down. You need to put in effort today, so get to work."
Then, he had everyone get shovels and pickaxes and other tools, and then use several sacks to load up the thousand kilos of jade stones from Warehouse Two.
The manager watched curiously, but since Mu Jinyu hadn't asked him to stay, he looked for a while then also left to attend to other matters.
"What are you doing?"
Gu Xiyan watched them lift the sacks and carry shovels and pickaxes, turning into construction workers, and asked curiously.
"Bury the jade," Mu Jinyu said offhandedly.
"To spend so much money on that thousand catties of jade, just to bury it?!"
Gu Xiyan heard this, her eyes widening in confusion.
"You'll know in time."
Mu Jinyu didn't explain any further.
Gu Xiyan gave him a frustrated glance but didn't ask any more questions, to avoid embarrassing herself.
"Everyone, grab your tools, let's go."
Seeing that everyone had grabbed their tools, Mu Jinyu spoke and then led the way to a large willow tree three hundred meters ahead.
It took several minutes for everyone to walk there; Mu Jinyu circled the willow tree, then pointed at a spot and said, "Start digging here, a half-meter deep hole will do."
"Alright."
The group set down their things, picked up shovels and pickaxes, and began to dig where Mu Jinyu had indicated.
Soon, they had dug a half-meter deep hole, and Mu Jinyu then instructed them to throw several catties of jade into the hole and then fill it up.
Hearing this, some felt reluctant; although the jade didn't look like much, selling a few pieces could still net them a few hundred to a thousand yuan.
To just throw it in and bury it seemed like a real waste.
However, since Mu Jinyu had ordered it so, these honest and naïve people naturally wouldn't go against his wishes, nor did they dare to persuade otherwise. They obediently threw several catties of jade into the pit and then filled it with soil.
They were honest folks, not scheming ones, not thinking of coming back later to dig the jade up again.
But Gu Xiyan was not entirely reassured, so she spoke to Mu Jinyu, prompting him to be cautious.
Mu Jinyu smiled and said, "No worries, once my Spirit Gathering Array is set up, the jade will naturally become hidden, and even if they have such notions, they won't be able to find it."
"That's good to hear."
Gu Xiyan, though still finding it a bit absurd, trusted Mu Jinyu somewhat since he spoke with such confidence.
Following that, they changed locations repeatedly, digging holes, burying jade, digging more holes, and burying more jade, repeating these actions.
Time gradually reached past ten in the morning, the sun was quite strong, and they had been working continuously, drenched in sweat and parched.
Seeing their condition, Mu Jinyu instructed Gu Xiyan, "Go buy them some water, and order lunch to be prepared here."
"Oh."
Gu Xiyan responded somewhat irritably but went obediently to run the errand for Mu Jinyu.
She somewhat regretted coming with Mu Jinyu today; had she known it would be this dull and involve constantly running errands like a servant, she would rather have stayed at the office to work.
But Gu Xiyan was not one to leave things half-done; despite finding the trip tedious and uninteresting, she wouldn't call her secretary to replace her and continued running errands for Mu Jinyu.
Gu Xiyan first brought back several large barrels of water, then went to order meals, since the factory was in the suburbs and delivery people wouldn't come this far.
"Let's take a break and have some water; we'll eat lunch soon and then get back to work," Mu Jinyu called out to the thirsty crowd.
"Mm, thank you, Young Master Mu."
The group stopped digging and, licking their somewhat cracked lips, thanked him and came over to drink the water.
At this point, the pharmaceutical factory manager also came over, asking Mu Jinyu whether they would eat in the cafeteria here or go back later.
Mu Jinyu said, "I've already asked General Gu to buy some food. I don't know how the cafeteria food is, so we won't go today. Just make sure you don't cut corners on meals in the future."
"Of course not," the manager hastily assured.
Being in the suburbs, the pharmaceutical factory naturally had a cafeteria, but Mu Jinyu didn't know the quality of the food and didn't want to try it, which is why he had Gu Xiyan order meals.